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How does our brain process fear? Study investigates

12-02-2017 09:00

Using scenes from horror movies, a new study examines the neural pathways responsible for processing fear and anxiety in the human brain.

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Facebook use may alter perception of time, study finds

12-02-2017 09:00

New research suggests that using the Internet and Facebook may impair our perception of time, with the latter having the strongest impact.

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How honest, hardworking and friendly are you really? | Ben Ambridge

12-02-2017 07:00

When you compare your personality to that of the average person you may over-rate yourself. Answer our questions to see what your answers say about youHow does your personality compare to that of the archetypal ‘man or woman in the street’ (who older readers may know as ‘the man on the Clapham omnibus’)? On a scale of 1 (not at all) to 7 (very much so), please rate (a) yourself and (b) the average person, for the extent to which you are 1) moral: honest, trustworthy and f

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Authentic? Try being polite instead | Ruth Whippman

12-02-2017 07:00

Our inauthentic self stops us from being rude and selfish. And that’s essential for a civilised societyIf Instagram is to be believed, our authentic self should be in an Alpine snowscape somewhere in chunky knitwear, laughing photogenically over an artisanal brunch. Search the site for the hugely popular hashtag #authenticity and you will be reassured that apparently nobody’s authentic self is fat, or spotty, or poor or has run out of milk and can’t be bothered to go to Tesco.M

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A neuroscientist explains: how we perceive the truth - podcast

12-02-2017 07:00

Dr Daniel Glaser explores what the wiring of the brain can tell us about how we perceive the worldSubscribe & Review on iTunes, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud & Acast, and join the discussion on Facebook and TwitterThis week, Observer Magazine columnist and neuroscientist Dr Daniel Glaser speaks to University College London’s Professor Nilli Lavie about perception. How do we perceive our visual world? Can this be affected by higher cognitive processes? And what can this all tell u

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